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#BlueLivesMatter where y'all at????????

Kinda seems like a one sided conversation, doesn’t it? I’m tired of “conversations on race” whenever another innocent, unarmed black person is executed by the police. They’re as perfunctory as they are repetitive.

We need justice, not another hollow conversation that doesn’t change anything and does nothing to prevent the next shooting.

(original image credit: Clay Bennett)

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Woman in hijab in a Muslim country: *gets catcalled*

Woman in hijab in non-Muslim country: *gets catcalled with the added bonus of getting called terrorist for not reciprocating*

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- But this is not me politicizing a tragedy (like they do to us). - This is not me asking for an apology from every Caucasian male for this act (like they do to us). - This is not me suggesting that they get a travel ban of people who look like that man (like they do to us). - This is not me telling everyone who looks similar to this man to publicly condemn terrorism by folks that look like him (like they do to us). - This is not me suggesting to put them in concentration camps (like they do to us). - This is not me asking to screen emails, text messages, and browsing history of people who fit this man's description (like they do to us). - This is not me suggesting a check point and an unwarranted search for cars for people that fit this description (like they do to us). - This is not me vouching and supporting a military to invade countries of people that look like this (like they do to us). #doublestandard #vox #amerikkka #Muslims #islam #islamophobia #muslimrights #hijab #ahki #ukthi 'They' sympathized with the family. 'They' gave him a mental illness. They folded him nicely, put him nice in gift wrap, and presented him somewhat like a victim who was 'unlikely' to do anything like 'that.' Sheriff (on the case) said: "There's motivating factors associated with terrorism other than a distraught person just intending to cause mass casualties. Before we label with that, it'll be a matter of process." They will never deem him anything but a distraught, challenged man, who had a bad day. They can't even utter that word when associating a heinous act with someone who looks like him. #terrorism https://www.vox.com/world/2017/10/2/16396612/las-vegas-mass-shooting-terrorism-islam

#ukthi #ahki #muslims #vox #amerikkka #doublestandard #muslimrights #hijab #islamophobia #terrorism #islam

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"Where are the women?“ A visitor to San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1850s might ask such a question after seeing an ocean of Chinese men in blue denim garb and long queues on the dusty streets. "Go to the theatre!” That would be one of the obvious answers, as the scarcity of women was “corrected” on stage, where Cantonese opera would offer what appeared to be a gender-balanced depiction of Chinese life. However, a closer look at theatrical conventions in the nineteenth century exposes the falsehood of such a claim: women were generally barred from the stage, and all the female parts were played by men! The first Cantonese opera in California was essentially a male art. However, during the past century and a half, social, cultural, political, and economic factors have all contributed to the transformation of Cantonese opera in the Bay Area. Cantonese opera, a “dying” art by many people’s reckoning, is surviving in the Bay Area mainly due to the effort of a small group of women. In contrast to their marginalized role in early immigrant history, women today play a very important part in sustaining, preserving, practicing, and disseminating traditional Chinese opera in the Bay Area. The metamorphosis from a male art (all-male cast playing for an essentially all-male audience) in the nineteenth century to a largely female art today is a fascinating process. This essay will focus on the significance of this transformation, and especially on the contribution of contemporary women in the Bay Area.